Cotton Nash
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
July 24, 1942 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Lake Charles (Lake Charles, Louisiana) |
| College | Kentucky (1961–1964) |
| NBA draft | 1964 / Round: 2 / Pick: 12th overall |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 1964–1968 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Number | 33, 17, 44 |
| Career history | |
| 1964–1965 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1965 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 1967–1968 | Kentucky Colonels |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA and ABA statistics | |
| Points | 470 (5.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 273 (3.3 rpg) |
| Assists | 65 (0.8 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Cotton Nash | |||
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| First baseman / left fielder | |||
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Born: July 24, 1942 Jersey City, New Jersey | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 1, 1967, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 1970, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .188 | ||
| Hits | 3 | ||
| Strikeouts | 3 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash (born July 24, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and National Basketball Association forward.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Nash played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Francisco Warriors during the 1964–65 NBA season. He had his most success in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels, averaging 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.2 assists per game. He had already played in the state of Kentucky with Adolph Rupp's legendary University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, as well as the University's baseball team.
Nash also played 13 games over 3 MLB seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. One of those games was with the White Sox on September 10, 1967, in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter; he replaced Ken Boyer at first base and recorded all three putouts in the inning.[1]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- College career stats at BigBlueHistory.net